7:11 PM,
Nov. 15, 2012

Savory Cranberry Lasagna, by David Harper of Richland Center, won the processed cranberry category.

Written by

Mary Bergin
| Special to the Press-Gazette

Wisconsin farmers harvested about 4.5 million barrels of cranberries this year, which makes us the nation's leading producer of the berry for 18 consecutive years.

Once a year, during the last weekend in September, little Warrens - population 350, in Monroe County - presents a festival that is the largest of its kind.

No other community in the world cooks with cranberries like Warrens, and that means more than 100,000 visitors tour bogs, enter contests, sample cranberries in all courses and shop a mile-long market of arts, crafts, food and antiques. From parade marching bands to cranberry ...